Cinematic Era: 2008 Vintage

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Short film made to promote organ donation in Spain.

A woman arrives in the city with a box of food. She waits for a message on her phone. She is filled with anticipation and it takes a long time before she realises she will have to keep waiting.

The film tells the love story between Anna and José, while at the same time approaches the intersections of urban violence and artistic creation, nature and civilization, war and peace, life and death, abandon and union, showing that in the end of our path we are still coping with mystery, emptiness and transcendence.

The journey of a young Indian woman's hair, donated to the Temple to be then converted into exquisite hair extensions in Italy. This same hair will then return to India to satisfy the whim of a successful career woman in Bombay. A story of the cult of beauty in the era of globalization. An original view of today's India with its contradictions. A kaleidoscope of modernity, economic expansion and ancient traditions

When Mark, Parker, Melissa, and Karen decide to go camping in the small town of Pleasant Point, they find the town has much to offer... including a string of brutal murders. When Melissa is kidnapped by a psychotic doctor who thinks she is his late wife who has come back to him, the three friends must rescue her, team up with the local police to bring down the killer, and escape with their own lives before they are pushed past the point of fear.

Three professional musicians — the Bear, the Rabbit and the Wolf — are practicing their art in the forest, when suddenly a hunter appears on the scene.

When the mundane becomes gruesome.This film is about dealing with change and attempting to hold on to beliefs. We give something up when we try to make ourselves better.

A short philosophical reflection about receiving a fatal medical diagnosis in springtime when the power of nature is as strongest. It is a surreal state and all beauty and happiness is in contrast to the bleakness of the situation. Abruptly confronted by the question what is truly important the turmoil is within...Wordless. Life becomes painfully clear and the strongest feeling of all is that we have each other now, not tomorrow. There may never be a tomorrow.

Starting out as a comedic courtroom adventure, the DS game Gyakuten Saiban attracted vast amounts of fans with its fun system, intriguing plot, enchanting characters and wonderful BGM tracks. To praise the game's excellent music, a classical orchestral performance was arranged in April for all fans to come together and enjoy. For those who unfortunately missed the event, you can take part in it, although belatedly, through the DVD recording of the concert. Through the DVD view menu, watch the game's images that were projected onto the large screen during the performance.

A wordless experimental collage of impressions and moods. Grainy fragments of landscapes, flakes whirl in the wind. Fog and mist, shadows of people in the city and by the water… Silhouettes that fade and turn into pure light and shadow until we discern the specks and scratches on the film strip itself. Sometimes, for a fraction of a second, a face, a person. A film as a memory that eludes us.

Our hero, the Outlaw Emmett Deemus runs into some trouble when saving a Porno Queen.

13 ans après son dernier spectacle, Patrick Timsit remonte enfin sur scène avec un nouveau one man show, plus drôle et plus corrosif que jamais...

After a nice and slow start with some gorgeous deep water soloing footage from Mallorca, the movie slowly increases in tempo with footage of Sharma on what is now the potential 9b ‘ Golpe De Estado’ in Siurana, Dani Andrada linking most of the moves on some the craziest routes in the Ali Baba cave in Rodellar and other inspirational footage of routes being sent in Spain (Siurana, Santa de Linya, Rodellar).

Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which could seem suffocating for most people, whereas for him it provides a safe and stable environment, in contrast to the threatening outside world. He has develop a pathological fear for this world, to the point of limiting his contacts to only two persons: the lady of the house, for whom he has a feeling of deep gratitude and respect that is translated into obedience; and Lupe, a friend, a confident and a lover. Once he learns that the house has been sold, Beto is confronted to the dilemma of gathering the courage to get out and get a life or find a way of remaining in his confinement.

A hypnotic dance-off in the Waterhouse community of Kingston, Jamaica that subverts elitist stereotypes of dancehall by invoking its spiritual and defiant force.

The Ila district in Trondheim keeps a secret, a radio station few people know the existence of. Three students decide to track down the station, and the hunt for Radio Ila is on.

Prince Arinze and Kasie grew up together, sharing a deep passion. However, owing to an inevitable circumstance, they got separated for years. Just at the moment the prince is expected to take a wife, something happened, and that marks the beginning of an unexpected adventure of the heart.

With more than 120 performances a year, Yuja Wang lives a nomadic lifestyle. Travelling the world, two extra small trolley suitcases carry the essentials for a two week trip: dresses, shoes, iPad, iPod, and Smartphone. The 27-year-old Yuja leads a new generation of pianists who can comfortably play anything thanks to phenomenal technique and healthy self-confidence. Even so, she stands squarely in the tradition of great piano virtuosi, offering much more than just technical wizardry alone...

A portrait of Maggie, through Swedish everyday life. Maggie always co-ordinates high heels with a beret, and she loves gold. She lives on the 15th floor in one of Malmö’s suburbs. Her balcony is littered with reminders of her previous life. Under a golf bag, next to a racing ticket from 1999, are the remains of a pigeon that she killed when she couldn’t sleep.

The Perfect Cappuccino is a documentary about of one woman's obsession with finding that perfect blend of espresso and milk.

Based on the play La Mandragola (The Mandrake) written by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1518.

In M2M Eyeball, Cris Pablo explores how the internet has opened a whole new world of gay cruising for men. He takes you from one sexual encounter to the next, showing you exactly how intimate the internet has allowed Filipino society to become.

A lawyer, Eid, is hired to represent a brute in a divorce from his wife. The twist is that the wife of the brute is not unknown to Eid, but he can't quite tell that to the brute.

Norman Porter, a convicted double murderer from Massachusetts, served 25 years in prison before escaping to Chicago where he spent the next two decades living under the name JJ Jameson. He was apprehended in 2005, thanks to a relentless police investigation, just after being named Chicago’s “Poet of the Month.” The film interweaves varying perspectives on an elusive and enigmatic persona, from the eccentric characters living in the heart of Chicago’s beatnik-artist community, to the victims’ embittered families in Boston, and the vigilant officers behind the 20-year hunt for a killer.

Joe Mondragon, a veteran cop who gets things done, forms an unlikely partnership with Samantha Baines. She is attached to Police Intelligence Division and feels more comfortable handling a computer than a gun. Samantha's computer skills are needed to help hack into and track two serial killers who get their victims from Internet Chat Rooms. The plan goes horribly wrong and in a fire fight between Samantha and Joe, and the two killers, Joe is killed when Samantha is unable to make herself fire her weapon at the two serial killers. Samantha feels guilty and responsible. With the help of her new friend Mimi, and the Head of Homicide, Samantha reinvents herself and avenges Joe after a relentless chase of the killers.

The film follows three young teachers in three different Italian regions.

Comedy about a pair of community support officers who tackle problematic youth.

Two brothers journey to compete in a kite flying contest. They are ready to win, but a more precious prize awaits them.

Timmy, a 5th grade boy with Tionghoa (Chinese) lineage, is a good friend with Jarwo (Javanese), Nia (Balinese), and Romy (Batak). During their examination, all the students have to fill a form indicating their origin. Timmy fills in Java as his origin, since he is born in Jakarta that is part of the island of Java. When the educational system makes them realize that they are separated by ethnicity, the children instead find fundamental things that unite them. So begins Timmy’s journey to find his identity. The story is told within the world of children that is sometimes funny, innocent, naïve but also touching.

Ponytail follows several inflicted characters and recounts the ways in which they find resolve. A series of scenarios held together by an attraction to failure and its spectacle describe the characters’ malfunction – their inability to fulfill personal desire. Compelled by the consequences and rewards of their attempts they question their own trajectory. Ponytail presents a unique society of characters that employ elements of melodrama, performative monologue and traditional narrative structure.

It tells of the band's record return with "La luz del ritmo", reflecting in a very intimate way the process of creation and recording. Linking the documentary images, it includes interviews conducted by Marcelo Fernández Bitar, where the protagonists present the album song by song.

The painting tells about the difficult process of rehearsals under the guidance of a conductor.

Like a burning fuse, the desire for the streets of the sleeping city and its flashes shines in the eyes of casual spectators. An exchange of looks on the bus and the rest is just animation. A short film that portrays the strange harmony between strangers, the conversations after sex, when you are just getting to know each other.

For two years, García Roure followed five patients at the mental health unit from a hospital in Barcelona as they struggled with serious psychoses - like Javier who has had sound hallucinations and delirium for 20 years about all kinds of cosmic issues. This beautifully shot study shows how society copes with this kind of mental patients.

The Black Crowes are one of the all-time great live rock bands. Their shows are legendary and regularly sell out in record time wherever in the world they play. This new live DVD was filmed on March 20, 2008 at the Wiltern in Los Angeles during the tour in support of their critically acclaimed new studio album "Warpaint". The concert features live versions of the whole of the "Warpaint" album plus a mixture of previously unreleased cover versions and some of their own classics. 1) Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution 2) Walk Believer Walk 3) Oh Josephine 4) Evergreen 5) We Who See The Deep 6) Locust Street 7) Movin' On Down The Line 8) Wounded Bird 9) God's Got It 10) There's Gold In Them Hills 11) Whoa Mule 12) Poor Elijah - Tribute To Johnson 13) Darling Of The Underground Press 14) Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 15) Don't Know Why 16) Torn And Frayed 17) Hey Grandma

A woman makes clothes. Someone from an underground cell intrigues her work. She gets mad. But she doesn't know yet who she gets mad at.

An overview of the reconstruction of Orson Welles' 1958 classic Touch of Evil, with interviewees that include editor Walter Murch, restorationist Bob O'Neil, reconstruction producer Rick Schmidlin, Welles scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum and cinematographer Allen Daviau.

“Pioneiros” narrates the saga of the brothers Mário and Renato Spinelli, descendants of Italians who actively participated in all national political movements between the 1920s and 1970s.

The colossal squid, the largest known invertebrate to roam the oceans, has long been a mystery, mostly because no living specimens had been available for study. In 2007, however, an astonished fishing crew in Antarctica made the catch of their lives. Racing against the clock to preserve the enormous creature, scientists eagerly study the fierce predator.

As the loudest and most disturbing act to have ever hit the Billboard Chart, Pantera remain arguably the best metal band of all time. And in the late Dimebag Darrell, they certainly had the very finest rock guitarist since Ritchie Blackmore. This astonishing group rewrote the rules of heavy metal and their live performances had the power to change lives forever. This documentary film is a review of Pantera's career and music, and a tribute to the band and their sadly missed guitarist. Featuring rare archive footage of the group, filmed interviews with band members and their legendary producer Sterling Winfield, contributions from original vocalist Terry Glaze, opinion, review and enlightenment from experts such as Dimebag's biographer Zac Crain and Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas, location shoots, film of the annual 'ride for dimebag 'event and a host of other features, all of which makes for the best documentary yet to emerge about Pantera.

There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part." Bram Stoker What are the mysteries which mere men can only guess at? Have we finally solved all the puzzles? "To die, to be really dead, that would be glorious." Dracula Why would it be glorious to be really dead? What message was Bram Stoker trying to tell us in his tales of Dracula? One of the darkest tales ever to emerge from the mind of man is the story of the arch-Vampire, Dracula.

Real and well-known American cop land, with its howling police cars, uniforms, ambulances and crowded streets, turns into a perfect cinematic scenery questioning the boundaries of reality and fiction, but also narrative codes of cinema.

Batoul, a 28-year-old doctor, discovers love. Raised in a conservative environment where there was no question of dating a man before marriage, she met Hamza, and let herself go and transgressed all the principles she had always claimed. This whole story would end well if the wearing of the headscarf did not oppose them.

Die Toten Hosen live at rock am ring 2008

The first ever Henry Rollins Spoken Word DVD filmed entirely in Australia! "I made my 26th trip to Australia for some talking shows. The first three dates were in Sydney. We rolled film on the performances and some post-show interviews as well. This DVD is what made the final cut.

BBC Produced Documentary about the artist and art historian Vasari.

Watch as a man with emo hair is driven to insanity by a sentient basket in this surrealist short film

An army officer from a small village passes away after he marries a girl. The whole village, including both her families, decide to disown her owing to her being unlucky.

In the dark night of a prairie city, a vampire considers her future with a fetching mortal. But requiring blood for sustenance brings a host of problems to the relationship.

Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, hundreds of thousands refugees took the perilous escape route across South China Sea to find freedom. Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst. Others were lost at sea, or robbed and killed by pirates. More than 30 years later, no major film or television program has told their stories. Bolinao 52 presents this long-silenced voice, an unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War. Filmmaker Duc Nguyen, also a boat refugee, retraces the odyssey of Bolinao 52 – a vessel adrift on the sea for 37 days—and a survivor Tung Trinh as she returns to her past to tell her story.

The relationship of four people whose intersecting stories provide a glimpse into the lives loves, and heartbreaks of modern-day urban life.